Jada Pinkett Smith Praises Will Smith, Sheree Zampino Over Son

Giving credit score the place it’s due! Jada Pinkett Smith lately wished stepson Trey a cheerful thirtieth birthday — and praised Will Smith and his ex-wife, Sheree Zampino, for the way they raised him. 

“Trey I can’t imagine you might be 30 and what a stellar 30 you might be✨,” Pinkett Smith, 51, captioned a photograph of the DJ through Instagram on Friday, November 11. “My biggest want for you is that the wings upon your coronary heart proceed that can assist you soar to the heights inside your spirit that you’re all the time reaching for.”

The Purple Desk Discuss host went on to say that it’s been “a pleasure to look at you fly increased and better and grow to be extra free and smart,” and that she “admires” the person he’s grow to be. “Thanks for loving me❣️Blissful, Blissful thirtieth Birthday😘,” she wrote. 

Jada concluded her celebratory submit by giving a shoutout to Smith and Zampino, each 54, for being unbelievable mother and father. 

“Congratulations @shereezampino and @willsmith — ya’ll completed good♥️,” the Magic Mike XXL actress gushed. 

Following the Matrix Revolution star’s heartwarming tribute, Zampino flocked to the remark part to return the candy sentiment. “Correction… ‘WE’ completed good! I like you J! #BestBonusMomEver,” she wrote. 

The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills star and the King Richard actor tied the knot in 1992 and welcomed Trey that very same yr. In 1995, nonetheless, the duo known as it quits for good. The Oscar winner then mentioned “I do” with Pinkett Smith in 1997 and the pair share son Jaden, 24, and daughter Willow, 21.

Over time, Zampino, Smith and the Set It Off star have labored onerous to keep up a wholesome coparenting relationship, however their dynamic has admittedly taken a number of effort. 

“I’m not gonna say that it’s straightforward,” the Bravo persona revealed throughout an August episode of the “Behind the Velvet Rope” podcast. “My coronary heart is all the time for my little one. My little one comes first. He actually does.”

She added, “You bought three totally different dynamics, three totally different personalities and totally different perception techniques, totally different approach of doing issues. And there have been occasions we’ve bumped heads and it hasn’t been fairly. However hear, we get again on that horse and we press on. We do what we’ve to do as a result of once more, on the finish of the day, it’s in regards to the youngsters.”

The Whoop Ash founder defined, nonetheless, that having “mutual respect” for one another makes the method of getting alongside “simpler” as time goes on. “With Jada, it was like, so long as she treats [Trey] nicely, we’re good. We’re good. And he or she’s handled him nicely and she or he’s beloved him.”

The Maryland native, for her half, mentioned how the household has moved previous their points when Zampino appeared on an episode of Purple Desk Discuss in September. 

“We have now developed a very nice sisterhood,” she shared. “However it hasn’t been straightforward alongside the best way … typically we did need to pretend it to make it.”

For Pinkett Smith, it actually nearly maturing. “Not understanding the marital dynamic. Like, ‘OK, if divorce papers are despatched and individuals are over it, then that is completed.’ Guess what? It ain’t by no means completed … In order that was my largest false impression — that this lady is a part of this household,” she mentioned. 

Zampino, in the meantime, maintained that so long as Pinkett Smith “handled my son nicely,” she was completely happy to be buddies with the All of Us alum. “You probably did that. And your coronary heart was all the time proper in the direction of him, wanting the perfect for him.”